For wordsmiths like us, we pay great attention to how people speak and write. We analyze how people articulate certain sounds and how they put words together and sometimes just marvel at what comes out of their mouths. But other times, we suppress this irresistible urge to correct some of the dumbest mistakes that most […]
23 Subtle Grammar Errors That Most People Still Make. Read More »
There is nothing more embarrassing and hurting to the title of a language savvy than mispronouncing words. A lot of people pick a certain pronunciation of a word and just go with it, mindless of the fact that that pronunciation is incorrect. Down below are some of the most butchered pronunciations of common words that
17 Words You’ve Probably Been Mispronouncing Your Whole Life. Read More »
Your ability to speak different languages, or at least know a little bit about them, comes in handy sometimes. Besides the cognitive advantages that come with speaking different languages, this ability also gives you unique insights into other cultures, it allows you to communicate with a wide array of beautifully different people, and you could
Jokes And Puns You Will Only Laugh At If You Have Knowledge About Different Languages. Read More »
While most of the world’s population speaks some English today, a small portion can hold a full-fledged conversation in English. This is particularly true of the European continent. One very common misconception is that Europeans are good at speaking English. This is not true, however. While some countries excel at speaking English, especially in Northern
Percentage Of People Who Can Hold a Conversation in English in Europe by Country. Read More »
There are 1.5 billion people who speak English in the world today. Only 300 million people speak it as their native language, leaving the majority of speakers as non-natives. That means most English speakers in the world today are bilingual. And being bilingual is one of the greatest pleasures you can enjoy, as you experience
Jokes You Will Only Relate To If English Isn’t Your First Language. Read More »
We, as humans, take everything around us and use it to create differences among ourselves. Men and women go out of their way to make themselves identify differently from one another and one of the things they use to achieve this end is language. The differences in language use between men and women are phenomenal.
If you think that language is just a means of communication, then you are massively underestimating the role that language plays in our lives. We are somehow at the mercy of the languages we speak. They shape and influence our behavior through and through.
The Language You Speak Influences What You Look at, According to Study. Read More »
We all had our stories with the English language. We can all agree that it is a crazy, zany language where you drive in the parkway and park in the driveway. Whether you are a native English speaker or someone who learned English as a second language, you were not spared from the madness of
20 People Who Just Had A Really Hard Time With The English Language. Read More »
Linguists often use the tree metaphor to show the historical relationships between languages and how they relate to one another. In a language history course, these trees would most of the time look very simple and informative, but they lack imagination. Minna Sundberg, creator of the webcomic Stand Still. Stay Silent, thinks that there is no reason
Magnificent Linguistic Family Tree Shows How all Languages are Related. Read More »
The time it takes to learn a language is something every learner takes into account before deciding to learn a certain language. To help you make a time-efficient decision, The Foreign Service Institute sorted major languages around the world into 5 categories of difficulty according to their differences from English. Let’s see some maps first and then
Map Ranks Languages From Least To Most Difficult To Learn. Read More »
